Prioritizing application data for transmission in a wireless user device

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• detecting, by a user device operating in a mobile communication system, that an application identified for prioritized data transfer is starting on the user device;
• creating, by the user device, an application transport bearer (ATB) entity at each protocol layer of a subset of protocol layers of a network interface of the user device, wherein the ATB entity at each protocol layer is configured with a higher priority parameter than any network-established data radio bearer (DRB) entities on the same protocol layer;
• receiving a data packet from the application identified for prioritized data transfer;
• directing the data packet to the ATB entity at the protocol layer that receives data packets from applications based on a generated mapping;
• and
• at each ATB entity, prioritizing, based on the priority parameter of the ATB entity as compared to the priority parameters of the DRB entities on the same protocol layer, any portion of the data packet over one or more other data packets processed at any network-established DRB entities on the same protocol layer.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to perform operations, comprising:

• receiving, at an application transport bearer (ATB) entity of a protocol layer of a network interface of a user device, at least a portion of a data packet originating from an application identified for prioritized data transfer on the user device;
• and
• scheduling, by the ATB entity, the data packet ahead of any data packets processed at any network-established data radio bearer (DRB) entities on the same protocol layer as the ATB entity;
• wherein the ATB entity operates on a protocol layer of a subset of protocol layers on the user device and is configured by the user device with a higher priority parameter than any of the network-established DRB entities on the same protocol layer as the ATB entity.